Ekes

The scenery through which we passed was thoroughly that of the lower districts of the Alps, with nothing Jurane in its character, and the elevation finally achieved was not very great: indeed, at a short distance from the glacière, we passed a collection of very neat châlets, with gardens and garden-flowers, one of the châlets rejoicing in countless beehives, with three or four 'ekes' apiece. ❋ Unknown (1881)

Five offers up a deep gulping snort that Liz is certain will wake him, but he ekes it out and slumps into delta sleep. ❋ Wendy Wimmer (2011)

If Democrat Joe Sestak ekes out a win here, he will likely do so on the strength of the Philadelphia vote. ❋ Chris Weigant (2010)

After Caddell's keyboard ekes out a song's final chord, he stretches his arms and shares his pain: "I'm old, man!" ❋ Chris Richards (2011)

DEL BARCO: Ali Baba high-fives Dragonfly's friend Chris Wilson, a small time grower who ekes out a living cultivating marijuana for himself and a collective. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Balveer Singh Meena, a 31-year old farmer in the village of Mohanpura in northern Karauli, ekes out a living growing wheat and chickpeas. ❋ Tom Wright (2011)

Opening in limited release Wednesday, Crazy Heart tells the story of Bad Blake, a fallen country star who ekes out a living at dive bars and bowling alleys, looking for love with a single mom (Maggie Gyllenhaal) and brooding over the superstar success of a kid he once mentored (Colin Farrell). ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the midst of this lunacy, a small group of survivors ekes out a simple and terror-filled way of life. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For safety you'll probably want to charge it at the end of each day, but this is far up the field in terms of how much it ekes out from a single charge. ❋ Unknown (2011)

So Lars just ekes out Jeff as the bad neighbor because he killed his wife, then a dog, tried to beat up Grace Kelly, and threw an invalid out the window. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Now, twenty years later, he ekes out a living performing for handfuls of diehard wrestling fans in high school gyms and community centers around New Jersey. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The only time I have ever seen a camel in Cairo was on the Giza plateau, where an underclass ekes out a living hustling rides to tourists visiting the pyramids. ❋ Will Stebbins (2011)

•NBC's summer experiment The Philanthropist (10 ET/PT) ekes its way to its finale with a trip to Haiti. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Another way that Mr. Davies ekes out the story (major spoiler alert) is through one of his favorite devices: killing off significant characters. ❋ Rabid1st (2009)

Tom didn't had money to [pay] his [tuition], yet he eked some from [charity] institutions ❋ AUS Student (2010)

Bloods use "CK" to mean "Crip Killer". Crips use "BK" for "[Blood Killer]". "EK all day"! Many gangs other than [Bloods and Crips] use the term other than the letters with B or C in front of [the K] ❋ Nastynate011 (2009)

Person 1: Why have you got bandages around your [wrist]/[hand]? Person 2: I did an [eke]. ❋ Thescalenetriangle (2013)

[Plato] was [eke]. [Jordano] Bruno was burned because he was eke ❋ Rochika (2008)

ek....[dahl]! ek, [you's] straight up [gangsta] man ❋ Nathan Ekdahl (2005)

“Hey, [send] [a pic] of [your face]” “Ek” ❋ Zinyak1503 (2018)

"Eks that off my to-do [list]" ❋ Pandaroselala (2009)

[yo man], that girl was ek eyein me over there [yeah man] that [party] was ek ❋ G-Money Inc. (2008)

Damn that [team] is [full of] eK's! [mommy]!!!!:( ❋ TiKToK (2006)

tim: "yo you hear about dem [eks]?" bill: "[fuq] ya man dey [da bomb]" ❋ Registeredboss (2010)